Liberated Sampler

March 23, 2012

Since I am still Bernina-less, I have decided to work this weekend on liberated (or wonky) quilt blocks. I’m having trouble getting an accurate 1/4″ seam on my backup machine and I figure the seam size doesn’t have to be perfectly exact with this type of block. The above square is an improvisational string block and will be squared up with white sashing.

I’m speaking next month to the String-A-Long Traditional Quilt Guild in northwest Indiana on modern quilting. I thought it would be fun to bring a mini sampler full of liberated quilt blocks. Below is a mock up of my plans, and hopefully I will have a finished quilt to share next week!

Wow – sometimes I think it is more challenging to do wonky things then symmetrical or uniform things. For example mad hatter cakes – trying to perfect the slope on each tier is rather difficult and it is also troublesome to repare things that go wrong!

i love your liberated blocks! And the colors, WOW!
Let me know how your talk goes. I recently co-founded a branch of the MQG in Montreal and I plan on giving a talk about modern quilting to a group of hard core traditionalists in the near future! I’m curious to hear about how traditional quilters react to modern quilts and quilting. Good Luck!

LOL I know what you mean about the seams. My poor old machine couldn’t sew a straight line if it tried. My new machine is simply WONDERFUL…I can’t beleive I sewed so long with the old one. Your blocks look amazing!

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